Reversible wagon-seat.



PATENTED SEPT. 13, 1904.

M. A. SGHUSTER.

REVERSIBLE WAGON SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1904..

NO MODELv INVE T H,

W/ TNESS ES, 0%4545 Cfiap/h,

UNITED STATES Patented September 13, 1904.

MORRIS A. SCHUSTER, OF NEWMAN, CALIFORNIA.

REVERSIBLE WAGON-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,876, dated September 13, 1904.

Application filed May 23, 1904. Serial No, 209,207- (No model.)

To 0. whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORRIS A. SoHUsTER, a citizen of United States, residing at Newman,

in the county of Stanislaus and State of Cali fornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Reversible Wagon-Seats, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in seats for wagons.

It consists in a combination of parts, whereby a seat may be reversed to present either side upward, and in details of construction which will be'more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wagonseat, showing my improvement. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of same.

A is the main body or portion of the seat, which is a part of or rigidly fixed to awagon of any description.

The portion ordinarily occupied by a fixed seat is cut away, forming a rectangular opening, and within this opening is fitted a base 2, having pivots 3 substantially central between the front and back, and these pivots are suitably journaled in the seat-frame, so that the base may be turned to present either side upward. The opposite sides of this base are suitably upholstered, so that either side may be presented upwardly for use. In the front of the main frame is a hole or holes, preferably made horizontal through the frame, and corresponding holes are made in the edge of the base 2. Within these holes bolts I are slidable, and these are provided with heads or handles 5, by which they may be readily withdrawn.

6 is a spring surrounding each bolt and acting by its pressure to normally retain the bolts in engagement with the openings in the revoluble seat-base.

When for any reason, as because one seat has become wet by rain, it is desired to reverse the seat, it is only necessary to withdraw the bolt or bolts, turn the seat about its pivots, and present the dry side uppermost.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with the fixed frame of a wagon-seat, of a seat-base, an opening in the fixed portion within which said frame is loosely fitted, pivots at opposite ends connecting the base with the frame and upon which said base is revoluble, a latch slidable in the fixed frame and adapted to engage and hold the revoluble portion.

2. In a seatfor wagons, a main fixed body portion having a rectangular opening in the seat, a rectangular base having end pivots and fitting and turnablein the opening, said base having its opposite sides upholstered, horizontal openings made in the seat-frame and in the edge of the base and registering with each other, a slidable spring-pressed bolt fitting the seat-frame and normally engaging with the upholstered section.

In testimony whereof ,I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MORRIS A. SCHUSTER.

Witnesses:

J. M. COWLEY, F. NERNEY. 

